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  1. Loyalist Dave

    GARDENING 2024

    The old soil has been dumped from the containers, and has had organic material added and is mulching well. This year the plan is to grow, in containers my yard is tiny... WiriWiri Peppers (a Caribbean heirloom hot pepper, my wife is from Guyana) Cayenne Pepper Greek Pepperoncini's because I...
  2. Loyalist Dave

    The Search for a Vintage Cornbread

    Cornbread is rather universal in many camps at living history events, and may come in all sorts of variations. I am experimenting with some "de-engineering" of the dish, to see exactly what a person on the frontier might have produced. Reason being, historic sources don't necessarily give you...
  3. Loyalist Dave

    ID This Old Rifle

    Newbie to this forum, looking to ID a rifle like I have never seen. It weights 27.5#, is 59" OAL, 40.5" barrel, bore is rifled appears to measure .625" w calipers. Appears Prussian or Germania, but I'm guessing. Heard it referred to as Stockade Gun. Thanks in advance. Ps no visible proofs or...
  4. Loyalist Dave

    WOW..., SCAMMER SPOTTED AND GONE for now....

    Due to spam cleaning the original thread posted by former member and scammer oiouiy is gone, but,,,,, this is what he posted: Dec 23, 2023 Couldn't stand it, I picked up a TC Renegade 54. to use this year. Yea, I know everyone says I should have gone inline but I'm just old school and like...
  5. Loyalist Dave

    Finally Succumbed...,

    I ordered and received a #11 Tap-o-Cap tool from Dixie Gun Works, plus the compound ingredients to make the caps work. I got a hankerin' to shoot some of my caplocks, and I'm good on #10's for revolvers, but for long guns, I'm OK for now but what about next month or February, and I'd like to...
  6. Loyalist Dave

    The First American Military Breechloading Rifle....,

    And because it was made and adopted before 1865, AND uses an external ignition, as a flintlock (although later versions were caplock) we can discuss this. Did you know this may be the ONLY design of a breechloader that qualifies to be used during muzzleloader and "primitive" hunting seasons in...
  7. Loyalist Dave

    Excellent Video on Proper Bess Live Cartridges

    Bess, Live Paper Cartridges
  8. Loyalist Dave

    Why We Celebrate Today the Way We Do....,

    The Declaration of Independence was submitted on July 2nd 1776..., it was ratified and signed on July 4th, 1776. Here is what John Adams wrote about the occasion of The Declaration of Independence... "The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am...
  9. Loyalist Dave

    CHESTERTOWN TEA PARTY

    It may be a historic myth, but the Chestertown Tea Party Festival is real, and it's this weekend. On Saturday, May 27th at 14:00 the rebellious mob will descend on the ship, The Sultana, and will seize the cargo of tea, and toss it overboard, BUT, only after His Royal Britannic Majesty's...
  10. Loyalist Dave

    Camp Food Mount Vernon

    Well The British Army eats better than the Continentals, that's for sure... Luncheon on Saturday Standing Crust Pies for Saturday Supper Standing Crust Pie and Dutch Oven Frittata with Bacon for Sunday lunch GOD SAVE THE KING LD
  11. Loyalist Dave

    MOUNT VERNON VA UNDER ATTACK!

    Yes, it's time for the Annual REVOLUTIONARY WAR WEEKEND where those stubborn Virginians are...coaxed.... to return to their rightful allegiance to His Royal Britannic Majesty, King George III. GOD SAVE THE KING! TIRED of all the modern Coronation Commotion on TV? COULDN'T CARE LESS about...
  12. Loyalist Dave

    Duelist1954 Lecture on 18th Century Smoothbore Shooting

    18th Century Smoothbores School of the Longhunter Seminar 2023 ENJOY! Lots of good stuff. LD
  13. Loyalist Dave

    The Name BROWN BESS

    This article from The Royal Armories, on the origin of the nic name used for The King's Musket..., History of The Term 'Brown Bess' LD
  14. Loyalist Dave

    BEWARE EMAIL SCAM

    This is posted here instead of "Non-Muzzleloading Discussions" so that all members, not just premium guys, are warned... I got this email today... looks legit right? ODD..., my name doesn't actually appear.... Except I'm not buying a semi-auto "pistol" in the modern, Soviet, combat rifle...
  15. Loyalist Dave

    6-Pointer Today

    No, I didn't get him nor even shoot at him. I thought I'd mention that he trotted across the the country road upon which I was driving to work this morning (not so close as to be a problem), but I thought that by now he'd a shed that rack. It's a winding road so I couldn't stop to get a...
  16. Loyalist Dave

    For Blacksmiths, and other Curious Folk

    I was doing research this morning and found this from the Holkham Picture Bible, showing a blacksmith at his forge..., Note how similar his forge and equipment was to what was used during the age of personal muzzle loading guns. This Illustration is circa 1330 I particularly like the dual...
  17. Loyalist Dave

    Powder Valley Just Sent Me An Email

    They have black powder, Scheutzen brand, and some Swiss in stock. No caps I'm afraid. LD
  18. Loyalist Dave

    HOLIDAY GREETINGS

    MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄and a Happy 7th Day of HANUKKAH 🕎 to all the members here. This is down here instead of up in the "non-muzzleloading" discussion area because that's a premium area up there and I wanted all the membership to see this... LD
  19. Loyalist Dave

    COLONIAL TURDUCKEN ?

    Howdy Campers, I was perusing an old cookbook from the UK, The Art of Cooking Made Plain and Easy (1747) looking for a Christmas dish to try, and found this "Christmas-Pye" recipe. In it, the directions talk about deboning several birds (though no Duck, so this isn't a turducken), but it talks...
  20. Loyalist Dave

    WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVERS?

    Alright Campers, since this is under Camp Cooking..., We had a thread on Thanksgiving traditions, and some folks mentioned what was done with the leftovers, BUT that thread is now really really, really long. So lets talk about what we do with leftovers from that feast the day after, and etc...
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